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Army Reserve Magazine
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July 1, 2002
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Copyright informationCopyright Superintendent of Documents, Department of the Army, Army Reserves Summer 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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When the Moors conquered most of the known world in the eighth century, they used a special technique to aid their cause. Moors encouraged their soldiers to take wives indigenous to he conquered areas. This built family ties in the expanding empire and reduced the risk of revolt. The ideology also increased the Moorish soldiers' desire to care for the civilian population of the new land.
Today, the U.S. Army has a different approach to aiding civilians and winning people's confidence in war-torn areas. It's called civil affairs.
"We set conditions so the local population, especially the government, can work well with the military," said Maj. Jose M. adera, a civil affairs team leader with ...
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